ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for December 2015 Up 8.5% Year over Year

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, today announced that total passenger traffic for December 2015 increased by 8.5% when compared to December 2014.

This announcement reflects comparisons between December 1 through December 31, 2015 and 2014. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.

Domestic

Airport

December

2014

December

2015

% Change

Cancún

498,091

529,329

6.3%

Cozumel

10,952

13,616

24.3%

Huatulco

46,141

46,592

1.0%

Mérida

126,299

147,279

16.6%

Minatitlán

20,614

21,505

4.3%

Oaxaca

47,949

58,701

22.4%

Tapachula

20,455

26,946

31.7%

Veracruz

100,429

104,110

3.7%

Villahermosa

105,219

110,618

5.1%

Total Domestic

976,149

1,058,696

8.5%

International

Airport

December

2014

December

2015

% Change

Cancún

1,122,165

1,226,738

9.3%

Cozumel

33,743

33,822

0.2%

Huatulco

14,044

15,005

6.8%

Mérida

10,480

10,728

2.4%

Minatitlán

820

1,014

23.7%

Oaxaca

4,271

4,865

13.9%

Tapachula

702

833

18.7%

Veracruz

9,881

7,263

(26.5)%

Villahermosa

5,810

5,154

(11.3)%

Total International

1,201,916

1,305,422

8.6%

Total

Airport

December

2014

December

2015

% Change

Cancún

1,620,256

1,756,067

8.4%

Cozumel

44,695

47,438

6.1%

Huatulco

60,185

61,597

2.3%

Mérida

136,779

158,007

15.5%

Minatitlán

21,434

22,519

5.1%

Oaxaca

52,220

63,566

21.7%

Tapachula

21,157

27,779

31.3%

Veracruz

110,310

111,373

1.0%

Villahermosa

111,029

115,772

4.3%

ASUR Total

2,178,065

2,364,118

8.5%

About ASUR: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a Mexican airport operator with concessions to operate, maintain and develop the airports of Cancun, Merida, Cozumel, Villahermosa, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Huatulco, Tapachula and Minatitlan in the southeast of Mexico, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Company is listed both on the Mexican Bolsa, where it trades under the symbol ASUR, and on the NYSE in the U.S., where it trades under the symbol ASR. One ADS represents ten (10) series B shares.